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I’m doing some eBay arbitrage for about $200 a month profit but I’m just starting.

I call it arbitrage as I buy at consumer prices from a store online and sell on eBay for a profit.

I profit even when paying listing fees, shipping and PayPal fees.

It's not a passive investment.

how does this work in practice? do people not realize they are paying above the store price?

I mean, people also don't go checking around every sale for items. But I would be curious to know what lengths OP goes to to identify items.

Identifying is the problem. It’s usually when I think “wtf why is this more expensive on eBay” when buying something for myself.

Then I check the number sold and think “oh someone is making some money here”

I don’t do anything special and realise I may have got lucky with this one.

I found another item like this in theory but I listed on this week and it hasn’t sold. So we will see.

I think because the item is shipped from overseas not everyone wants to do that and wait the few extra days. Even though it’s ordered from a standard online shop from the brand.

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